Chest of trays



Aanga 5', 1924.

F. l-iAMlLTON CHEST oF TRAYs Y Filed Jan. 28, 1924 f mit star FRANCIS F.HAMILTON, OIF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

S PATENT iff CHEST OF TRAYS.

.Application filed January 28, 1924. Serial No. 688,910.

To @ZZ w/tom t may 00m-cera.: in a chest 6, of the right width toreceive the Be it known that l, FRANCIS F. HAMIL- trays with a slidingtit against the sides of TON, a citizen of the United States, residingthe trays, but the length of the chest is at Indianapolis, in the countyof Marion enough greater then the length of the trays 5 and State VofIndiana, have invented new to provide spaces '7 at each end for the freeand useful Improvements in a Chest of insertion of the lingers of aperson between Trays, of which the folle-wing is a specificathe traysand adjacent chest-end in placing tion. and removing the trays.

The object of this invention is to provide Vertical cleats 8, two foreach front and l0 a safe and convenient place for the deposit of backwalls of the chest, are fastened to the trays containing sundry articleswhen the inner walls of the chest as shown, for contact latter are notin use, such as gaming devices therewith of the tray-ends, whereby theemploying' several series each comprising a trays will be properlyspaced from the ends plurality of separate pieces or tiles which of thechest and so retained as long as they 15 are best kept in methodicalorder. remain within the chest. The corners of the A further object isto accommodate a setrays make close sliding lits against the ries oftrays in a chest, which trays are cleats.

stacked one upon another therein, and to The chest has a suitable bottom9, upon' provide means whereby one, or several, or which the trays aredirectly supported and 7o 20 all of the trays may be convenientlyreached stacked,- and it is provided with a lid 10, with the fingers andremoved. properly hinged and equipped with a lock,

A further object is to provide a simple, in any usual and suitablemanner. durable, neat appearing, and inexpensively By the constructionas above described manufactured device for the above uses and and asshown in the drawing, the stacked for any use to which it may be foundto be trays are always held by the cleats in their adapted. verticalalinement, and the finger spaces 7,

l accomplish the foregoing, and other between the trays and each end ofthe chest objects which will hereinafter appear, by the enable thehandles of any desired one of the means illustrated in the accompanyingtrays to be selected and reached with the so `S0 drawing, in whichngers,and that and all of the trays above Fig. l, is a front perspective viewof a it may be quickly and easily lifted up and chest with the lidraised, and containing out of the chest. The number from the top trays.Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the chest of any given tray may be countedby feeling without its lid and without the top tray with the fingers, orby sight, as all of the S5 w shown in F ig. l, and F ig. 3 is a verticalsechandles of an end of the stack are visible tion on the line 3-8 ofFig. 2, showing all from above the open chest through the space of thetrays in the chest, and closed lid. separating the trays from theadjacent end Like characters of reference indicate like of the chest.parts throughout the several views of the Having thus fully described myinvention,

40v drawing. what I claim Vas new and wish to secure by The tiles orother gaming devices are VLetters Patent of the United States, is:placed and kept when not in use in the trays l. IThe combination, with achest of rec- 1, here shown as live in number. These are tangular shape,of a plurality of like-shaped rectangular in shape, with raised sidesand trays stacked in the chest and making close "i5 ends, and are alikein size. Handles 5 are sliding lit with the sides of the chest, saidattached to the tray-ends, and as shown here, trays being enough shorterthan the chest to are horizontal-flanges 'that make them easy provide alinger space between the trays and to grasp by the fingers when thefingers of the end of the chest, and vertical cleats fasthe two hands ofa person desiring to lift the tened to the chest to keep the verticalaline- 50 trays are placed, one at each end of a tray. ment of thestack.

The trays 4 are stacked one upon the other 2. The combination, with achest of rectangular shape, of a plurality of like-shaped trays stackedn the chest and making close sliding t With the sides of the chest, saidtrays being enough shorter tha-n the chest to 5 provide nger spacesbetween the trays and adjacent ends of the chest; V'rtal clets fastenedto the chest to ke th ve'tal alnement of the stack, and horizont-lflanges forming finger-pulls on each end of each tray.

Signed at Indianapolis, India-na, this the 25th day of January, 1924.V.Y

ANCS HAMLTON.

